I loved the historical aspect, the accomplishment of transporting 400,000 troops that were stranded. The depictions of the horror of war which we too often glamorize. The production crews operated in four countries, a logistical accomplishment.
The aerial dog fights were superb… with a small error: propellers continue to spin when the engine runs out of
History proves that change is a slow process, after more than 230 years, very very slow in many cases. Look back over the course of 230 years it’s evident that it’s can be extremely slow….
When the union was formed, the political bargaining and horse-trading that occurred when apportionment of the population took place was such
LBJ was an excellent movie because they only presented the first half of Johnson’s legacy…the civil rights legislation.
Woody Harrelson played a great Johnson, which would be so hard to perfect because he was one of a kind. The story briefly covered Kennedy’s transition and presented Johnson’s early endorsement of
Impeachment is a long shot! First, it requires a majority vote of the House of Representatives. One problem is that the majority are republicans. It’s an uphill battle.
If the House were to impeach the so-called-president, then it goes to the senate which will requires a 67% vote from a senate which is controlled by the
Near the end of a World War II, (Feb 1945) at the Yalta summit, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to a plan to carve up the world… borders were reset, even as far away as South America. Nationalist China and France were part of the victors.
At Potsdam six months later, after Germany had fallen, President
For starters…I thought the acting was excellent. On a deeper level, I enjoyed the tying in of Greek mythology and the tribal community with World War One.
For me, the main character, Diana, is the Avatar that saves the world during World War One, with the climax being the defeat of evil. I was reminded of the battle between good and
